Gerry Ellis / Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) old growth forest, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) portrait, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Norbert Wu / Morning Sun Star (Solaster dawsoni) fed on by Rose Anemone, Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada

Tim Fitzharris / Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) perching on a snow-covered branch, British Columbia, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Orca (Orcinus orca) surfacing, Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) flaring out its arms as it settles to the ocean bottom after swimming, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) flaring out its arms as it prepares to drop to the ocean bottom after swimming, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) eggs and newborn, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) eggs and newborn, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) using its suction discs to hold two crabs it has caught, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Fred Bavendam / Pacific Giant Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) scurrying across the ocean floor as it forages for crabs, Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) portrait of back as it skims surface of water, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada